by Cara Maclean | Oct 3, 2019 | Education, Parenting
When someone mentions the term ‘gifted’ regarding their child, one question pops up in everyone’s mind: How do you know? Who has the magic wand to bestow the ‘gifted’ label or not? Even though that’s what if feels like sometimes, there’s no...
by Cara Maclean | Aug 22, 2019 | Community, Mindfulness, Parenting, Uniqueness
My parents sent a mystery gift that arrived last night. A lamp shade gave away it’s identity, but as I pulled it out of the box, I wondered if it would be a leg lamp, a la A Christmas Story. Nope! It’s still different though! It’s made out of an airplane...
by Cara Maclean | Aug 15, 2019 | Education, Parenting
I recently read an article about a 10 year old boy who was a sophomore in college, studying math and physics. In the article, they described how he developed early with words and numbers. His parents recounted him speaking in sentences just after his first birthday,...
by Cara Maclean | Aug 8, 2019 | Parenting, Uniqueness
I’m not against team sports, but our experience was excrutiatingly stressful for all involved: us, the coaches, and the kids. When the boys were young, we tried a few different team sports like soccer and hockey. It wasn’t great. Our oldest is not, or at least...
by Cara Maclean | Aug 1, 2019 | Mindfulness, Parenting, Uniqueness
In the last year, both of my boys have acquired cameras. One from a thrift store, and one for a birthday. Every once in awhile we go for a photo walk where all three of us take pictures. Invariably, my kids take tons of pictures of weeds. In their eyes,...
